Joe Strummer five-year anniversary
December 22nd marked the five-year anniversary of Joe Strummer’s death, and I didn’t see it mentioned ANYWHERE, which is surprising. And sad. For many of my friends, Strummer’s death was like our JFK-shooting–we remember where we were when the news came in. My ol’ friend J. Mann wrote an awesome song about that day called…
Happy New Year, my perfect strangers
my first gift to you in 2008: an e-card for the world, thanks to artist Ben Coonley, with a little help from Balki and a kitty. It’s actually a valentine , but who cares, it’s weird and wonderful.
A complex lesson
To the editor, Re: “Military school,” Dec. 20: As one of the King’s journalism students on the Pearson Peacekeeping Centre-sponsored trip to Turkey, I found Bruce Wark’s column on the subject unfair. Far from unscrupulously providing a service to the Turkish army in exchange for cold, hard cash, the students participated in a reciprocal relationship…
Alive but sore
To the editor, Anger, fear, concern…that’s how I feel when crossing the streets of Halifax. Drivers have become out of control, mindlessly speeding down our streets thinking about everything else under the sun. Heck, half of them are listening to their music, which is so loud, or talking on a cellphone. About a month ago,…
Cheesed off with the whine
To the editor, I just wanted to send my support for Coast editor Kyle Shaw’s statement (“What is Halifax?” Dec. 13) that the comments from the crowd at the recent Halifax by Design public session “were, for the most part, completely fucking annoying.” This planning initiative gives Halifax a chance to make something of itself.…
A gift on wheels
To the editor, It’s true—we should talk more often about Metro Transit’s good points. People laugh at me and tell me I’m very easy to please when I get so enthusiastic about how great Vancouver’s transit system is. But you know what? Ours is pretty darn exciting, too. You don’t have to worry about stopping…
nigerian scam
it’s a bitch as well as a warning. careful about these guys calling or emailing you about your service and promising you lots of money. they just moved on to other preys in search of greedy victims: teachers, shops, relay, etc… get the f*** out!
for CHRIST sake
=how CBC tv aired an anti Christ documentary on Christmas week. =how Ottawa disallowed a choir to perform a CHRISTmas traditional tune because the word CHRISTMAS was in the lyrics. Has the country gone mad? Last time I read the dictionary, Christmas was to celebrate Jesus Christ birth. If lax christians are ashamed of their…
Oh MY! DONT TELL ME I HAVE TO DO WORK!
Dont you love it when you have an easy job? Dont you love it even more when this easy job is further simplified by it being christmas time and isnt it being busy at all? Not where I work. This bitch goes out to the lazy ass people who, even though their work isnt hard,…
Spring Garden Christmas Wreaths
Who came up with the tacky idea of inserting merchant names in the wreaths on Spring Garden Rd.??? What comes next? Christmas advertising on the wrought iron fences around the public gardens? Shame on those advertisers and those who allowed it!! Boycotter
Sled
Toboggan Hills… Where are they?? I can’t find any other than just the Mount and the Citadel. There’s enough hills in this place that there must be some good hills! You guys should do an article on the good sledding hills in the city. Need to get my sled on.
Enough speeding tickets on Quinpool
We had enough of otherwise idle cops harassing the common folk by handing out speeding tickets for going somewhat over the speed limit on Quinpool Rd just off the Rotary at Horseshoe Island Park. These tickets serve no purpose other than taking money from people’s pockets, and causing feelings of hatred and disgust towards police.…
2008 And Still Living In The Past
So I’m standing at the corner of Brunswick and Carmicheal St. the other Sunday waiting for a cab. I called two cab companies and watched as numerous cabs drove by (I counted four cabs that just drove around the block continuously). At least ten cab cars drove by my friends and I (myself and one…
Boss need some ganj
I hate how when you start a business with a friend, it starts out all nice and we’re working together, and then they get the whole boss ego. You make one mistake and they shove it down your throat like you just met them and like they’ve been doing your job forever better! God damn!…
Fucking Morons
A big middle finger to drivers who just ignore the weather and barrell through the ice and snow without a thought for anyone but their dumbass selves. I almost got creamed a couple of times in yesterday’s stormy by drivers who totally ignored the bad weather, were tailgating, cutting people off, swerving all over the…
Vote Fage in ’08?
I just checked in after a holiday computer crash (in case you’re wondering, that little gift is much worse than a lump of coal) and Ernie Fage is still listed as a member of the Progressive Conservatives at their site. I figure the point has been made — the point that Nova Scotia’s Tories are…
why ruin a lovely city
i came from montreal where people have become cold and insensitive. here your city are still full of happy people. my bitch is why you don’t bitch more about curbing violence downtown when these troublemakers are slowly making your lovely city into garbage like so many big cities of canada and USA. stand up and…
Cell phone ettiquette
I can’t start by saying, To all of you cell phone users; cause I now have one myself. However, I still don’t consider myself to be as horrible as the average user who thinks they HAVE to answer their phone just because its ringing! I mean really, it tells you who called if you miss…
NEW PAINT JOB
thanks for scratching my new fucking cr store standers. at the halifax walmart. three weeks ago before the storm. and went into Walmart. in halifax i left my new mazda . parked thinking it was safe . i came out around 9pm. it had a fucking dent in it and a shopping cart beside it.…
Bonded to Bondi
To the editor, Re: Liz Feltham’s food review “Word is Bondi,” December 13. After years travelling abroad and dining in many European bistros, I have found Bondi offers something many restaurants in Halifax (and Canada for that matter) lack: personality. Bondi is a small bistro but it has a unique European vibe. When you walk…
Soul city
To the editor, Thanks for asking what we think of Halifax and the new urban plan (“What is Halifax?” Dec.13). I think that Halifax is a “city with a soul.” I was born and brought up in Calgary. My mother was born there, too, and my grandfather was the mayor in the 1920s. So I…
Road to Nowhere
To the editor, Never having lived in Halifax, but visiting it regularly for the past 38 years, Halifax for me is the greatest walking city in the world. In those 38 years, I have also walked in cities from Vancouver to Yellowknife, Tokyo to Melbourne, Amsterdam to New York City and to St. John’s. None…
Organizational smarts
I want Sandy. That’s not a statement. It’s a website. And I already have Sandy. What exactly I have, though, I’m not sure. “Hello, Lowe! Good to see you! How are you settling in? Please do drop my helpers a line if there’s anything you’ve been wishing I could take care of for you.” IWantSandy.com…
You’re getting warmer
2007 was the year of climate change. Not, mind you, the year anything substantive was done about climate change, but rather the year climate change took centre stage: Al Gore and the IPCC scientists pointed the spotlight on the looming catastrophe, while a Greek chorus of environmental benchmarks—record-thin Arctic sea ice and Antarctic ice fields,…
Interview
InterviewDirected by: Directed by Steve BuscemiCinemavault ReleasingPierre (Buscemi) is an embittered political pundit, the kind of talking head who crops up on CNN and bores within seconds. After a falling out with his editor, he’s assigned off his beat, an interview with New York loft-dwelling superstarlet Katya (Sienna Miller), more famous for her party lifestyle…
Heavy rotation
January continued the trend of never having to leave the north end when Hot Wire My Heart, a classy evening of garage music, debuted at Charlie’s Club. While it was short-lived, it was also a rousing success. CKDU’s Final Fridays began at the Khyber, and was host to varied music styles, for one magical Friday…
Shifting plates 2007
In an industry where flux is the norm, where restaurants can open and close faster than cash register drawers during a sale, it’s difficult to keep track of everything that happens in a year. But there are always notable events that come to mind—those big things that define the year in food—and here are a…
Culture smash
THEATRE by Kate WatsonBefore I sat down to write this year-end review, I decided to count the number of plays I had seen in 2007. I was astonished when they numbered over 60—a testament to the vibrant theatre community in Halifax. Here are just a few awards of merit in a truly memorable theatre year.…
Alternative astrology
Would you really like to own a heated toilet seat, Gemini? asks Rob Brezsny.
Launching into 2008
Q Long story short: I’m a 28-year-old woman in a long-term relationship. In the past, I’ve been a control freak by day, sex freak by night—but just for one guy, my GGG boyfriend. Recently, I realized that I’m a female cuckold! Nothing gets me hotter than the thought of my boyfriend fucking somebody else in…
The year on ‘roids
Violence: So what random act of violence story do you have to remember 2007 by? I saw a guy hit in the head with a brick. Violence continued to be the big pink elephant in City Hall. When an elderly woman is beaten up by a group of young girls with a table leg on…
Risky Business w/Bus Pass,Get Tested, Envision, At Both Ends, C.I.
Risky Business became a band almost as joke because Mike Scarth, Ian Hart, Dave Prime and JD Gaudet wanted a band so their friends could sing along. Hart, the bass player, is as surprised as anyone. “If someone had told me that we would tour Europe twice in one year…I would have punched them in…
Get reel
THE YEAR began and ended WITH AUDIENCE disinterest. In April, the anticipated-on-the-internet Grindhouse opened and quickly reminded everyone that people who spend their days online are not the real world. In November, Beowulf couldn’t reach the audience an epic of its size depends on. The response to both these movies was made worse because, as…
Year of the rats
Ah 2007, ’twas the year when two right-wing blowhards got their comeuppance. First, after a four-month trial in Chicago, former media tycoon Conrad Black was convicted in July of stealing millions from shareholders, sentenced to six-and-a-half years in the clink by Judge Amy St. Eve in December and ordered to report to jail without passing…
Just the ‘fax
JanuaryThe year 2007 kicked off with a resignation rather than a resolution from Tory MLA Ernie Fage. After a suspicious hit-and-run in November 2006, Fage came under fire when a professional photographer released cell phone pictures in early January and stated that he believed the MLA had liquor on his breath. The New Year came…
